Accessibility

We aim to meet as many of the Web Accessibility Initiative’s WCAG 2.0 Guidelines as practicable, as follows:

Perceivable

Provide text alternatives for non-text content

Provide captions and alternatives for audio and video content

Make content adaptable; and make it available to assistive technologies

Use sufficient contrast to make things easy to see and hear

Operable

Make all functionality keyboard accessible

Give users enough time to read and use content

Do not use content that causes seizures

Help users navigate and find content

Understandable

Make text readable and understandable

Make content appear and operate in predictable ways

Help users avoid and correct mistakes

Robust

Maximise compatibility with current and future technologies

Access keys

Access keys allow you to navigate around a website without using a mouse. You may find them useful as a way of moving around the site.

Depending on which browser you are you using, you will have to use a different combination of keystrokes to trigger the access keys. Usually, you need to hold down one or two keys, and then press the access key you want.

Web browsers on PCs

Firefox 2 and upwards: hold down the SHIFT key and the ALT key and then press the number of the access key

Firefox 1.5: hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key

Opera 9 and upwards: hold SHIFT and the ESC key and the list of access keys will appear

Google Chrome: hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key

Internet Explorer 5 and upwards: hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER

Safari 3: hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER

Netscape 6 and upwards: hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key

Netscape earlier versions: access keys are not supported

Web browsers on Macs

Firefox 2+: hold down the SHIFT key and the ALT key and then press the number of the access key

Firefox 1.5: hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key

Safari: hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key

Opera 9: hold SHIFT and the ESC key and the list of access keys will appear

Internet Explorer 5+: hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key